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Subject: RIFC 2016: Draft discussion
Posted by: Guru
- [330592710] Sat, Aug 20, 2016, 10:49
Our draft will start on Saturday morning, August 27. I may actually turn it on on Friday evening, in case someone wants to get a jump.
The clock will be eventually be set at 4 hours per pick, with a pause from midnight to 8am ET. The clock will be turned on at the end of the first round, but no later than Monday morning.
In each of the past several years, the RIFC draft has taken 6-9 days. At that pace, we should be finished by Labor Day (Sept. 5) or earlier. Assume that we'll average three rounds per day. Early rounds tend to be a bit slower than the later rounds.
Starting in 2015, I made the following offer to all RIFC leagues, some which plan to start earlier than we do. I'll apply the same standard to this league, although it will have limited impact - since our draft will start after some of the 3rd preseason games have been played. This adjustment applies only to players injured in preseason week #3. We'll "protect" a team who drafts a player before his week #3 game and who is injured in that game. If you are in that situation, you'll have a limited time to make a substitute pick - but only from the player pool still remaining.
So, for example, if Tim Tebow is drafted by Team X prior to his game on Aug 27, and Tebow is injured in that game, then Team X can jettison Tebow and substitute any other player who is still in the undrafted pool at the time of the jettison. This, however, must be done by the end of Monday, August 29.
While this obviously isn't complete insurance, it is designed to keep the draft moving during that first weekend. And it's certainly better than being stuck with an eventual free agent to replace an early draft pick. Hopefully, this situation will never come into play.
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| 1 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Sat, Aug 20, 2016, 10:52
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Here are some guidelines for executing your draft picks.
(These are copied from last year's thread. Please let me know if I have misspecified anything)
1. "My Draft List" - Under the "For Owners" menu (at the top), there is an item called My Draft List. You can think of this as your personal pre-ranking of players if you wish, although it has one important operational impact. If your 4-hour clock expires, then your pick will be automatically selected as the top name on your "My Draft List". Only if that list is empty will your pick be skipped. (More on this in a moment.)
2. "Pre-Draft Pick" list - You access this through "For owners->Draft"
These are the equivalent of the Drafttime.com "queue", with several important distinctions:
There is a separate list/queue for each round, and they do not carry over, and
If there is a name in your queue, that player will be immediately selected when it is your turn to draft. The only way to turn off a round-specific queue is to empty it. Therefore, it is important to keep your queues empty unless you are sure that they should be used. If you expect to want to load & unload your queue frequently (similar to turning it on or off), then you should probably keep a list of players in "My Draft list", as you can quickly pull up that short list to add players to any queue.
Of course, if you have players in "My Draft List", then you are also subject to having those players selected if you should time-out. Typically, that shouldn't be a problem, as timing-out should be a rare occurrence.
If you want to keep players loaded in "My Draft List" and you dont want to risk the top name being selected automatically upon timeout, then I suggest putting a "placeholder" player at the top of your list - preferably someone who is retired, or injured, or clearly not a viable pick. We can come up with specific placeholder options, if needed. If you time-out and a placeholder player is automatically selected for you, then you can have the commish replace that player with a real pick when you are available.
Note that because queued picks are automatically processed, there is no role tantamount to a designated picker. As commissioner, I can enter a pick on anyone’s behalf. Other than that, you – or anyone else with access to your MFL password – will be the only one who can directly enter a pick.
If your pick times out and is skipped, only the commissioner can insert a pick afterwards. If this happens to you, please send your make-up pick to me by email or text message. You can post here as well - but do not rely on this thread as the primary means of communication for a make-up pick.If any of these instructions are unclear, please ask. And if anything is incorrect, please alert!
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| 2 | Aussie Diamondbacks
ID: 33712162
Mon, Aug 22, 2016, 02:16
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I'm 17 hours ahead of you, or thereabouts. I'm hoping that I keep ahead enough that I never time-out.
Other than that, where exactly are posting our draft rationales? I remember having a problem saving to the league website last season.
Cheers,
Dave Novak
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| 3 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Wed, Aug 24, 2016, 12:51
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There will be two places to post rationales.
1. You can post in the comment field for each pick at the draft site. Just make sure the comments are are saved there. I think that was likely your problem last year.
2. There will be a separate thread set up here for rationales. They can be pasted there if you wish, and that will supercede anything posted at MFL. (I'll post the link once it's set up.)
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| 4 | SteelerG
ID: 5795926
Fri, Aug 26, 2016, 22:54
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Are we still on pace for tomorrow or is tonight still an option. I'm on the run a lot so I want to make sure I have all the details
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| 5 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Sat, Aug 27, 2016, 10:41
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Draft started this morning. Still awaiting the first pick.
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| 6 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Sun, Aug 28, 2016, 14:55
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Now that we have completed the first round, the 4 hour clock has been turned on. Clock pauses from midnight-8am ET.
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| 7 | Slackjawed Yokel
ID: 21723188
Sun, Aug 28, 2016, 20:04
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seems like MFL is down... I did get my pick in before it went down (ingram for those keeping score at home).
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| 8 | SwinganaMiss
ID: 477252918
Mon, Aug 29, 2016, 19:25
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I miss the days when people used to trade draft picks. I don't see that happen any more
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| 9 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Sat, Sep 03, 2016, 09:10
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I'll be on the road all day. Left queues for the next two picks.
Rationale thread won;t be updated until late tonight. Please use the weekend to get caught up.
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| 10 | Doug
ID: 326332712
Sat, Sep 03, 2016, 10:08
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Heading out for a few hours... put in queues for my next two picks... if we make it all the way to 20.10 anytime soon (unlikely) please give me a chance to get home and catch up.
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| 11 | twolves
ID: 57491413
Sat, Sep 03, 2016, 17:33
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I will be out for much of the evening. It has been slow enough that my pick may not get there but may be able to check in at times.
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| 12 | Doug
ID: 326332712
Sat, Sep 03, 2016, 20:59
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Pro-tip: Use a queue in that situation.
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| 13 | twolves
ID: 57491413
Sat, Sep 03, 2016, 21:25
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Doug,
If that works for you--I am okay but for me at this stage I like to look at who gets taken in front of me and there were too many picks left at the time. I like to make a decision this late partially based on who I reasonably think I can get the next round beyond by looking at rosters if I have positions in mind. I like to be very flexible at this late stage.
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| 14 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Mon, Sep 05, 2016, 11:53
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We should finish the draft later today.
There will be a post-draft blind bidding period starting today with claims settled at the usual weekly time of 7:30pm ET Wednesday. FCFS free agent pick-ups can then begin starting at 10:30pm ET Wednesday.
Please finish submitting all rationales ASAP.
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